Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh

The owner of the Gwrych Castle estate, and the High Sheriff[1] of Denbighshire in 1828 was Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh (1788–1861).[2]

Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh
Born1788
Abergele, Wales.
Died1861 (aged 73)
London
SpouseLady Emily Esther Ann Lygon (b.1800 - d.1873)
Issue
  • Robert Bamford-Hesketh (b.1826 - d.1894)
HouseLloyd and Hesketh
FatherRobert Bamford-Hesketh
MotherFrances Lloyd

The Lloyds of Gwrych resided at 'Plâs yn Gwrych' in a coastal strip between Abergele and Llanddulas.[3] Over successive generations from the sixteenth century, the family created a gentry seat with formal gardens, estate buildings, a bathing house at Ty Crwn and extensive walled gardens.[4]

Lloyd Hesketh Bamford Hesketh's parents (who both married in 1787) were Frances Lloyd of Gwrych and Robert Bamford-Hesketh of Bamford Hall & Upton Hall, his grandfather Robert (also of the same name), was the heir to the Bamford estate.[5]

A portrait of Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh, c.1810

Gwrych Castle was built by Lloyd as a memorial to his mother and her ancestors much to his own designs. As a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, he took a keen interest in medieval architecture, art and archaeology.[6] There is clear evidence that the castle was complete by the time he married Lady Emily Esther Ann Lygon (youngest daughter of the First Earl of Beauchamp) in 1825 as there were no references to the marriage in the heraldic glass at Gwrych Castle.[7]

Gwrych Castle, c.1840, designed by Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh as own his home

At his death in 1861, the heir to Gwrych Castle and the estate was Lloyd's son Robert Bamford-Hesketh (1826-1894) who married Ellen Jones-Bateman in 1851.[8]

References
  1. The Annual Register 1828, volume 70, page 192 by Edmund Burke
  2. http://www.archiveswales.org.uk
  3. http://discoveringoldwelshhouses.co.uk/library/Hhistory/con%20163_HH_54_HenWrych.pdf
  4. "Hen Wrych, Llanddulas Road, Abergele (308540)". Coflein. RCAHMW.
  5. "Gwrych castle". 6 May 2015.
  6. Walford, Edward (1 January 1860). "The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. Containing a brief notice of the descent, birth, marriage, education, and appointments of each person, his heir apparent or presumptive, as also a record of the offices which he has hitherto held, together with his town address and country residence". Dalcassian Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  7. "The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblée". Edward Bull. 13 August 1836 – via Google Books.
  8. "The Law Times". Office of The Law Times. 13 August 1862 – via Google Books.
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